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RefugeRat.com welcomes David Spaulding from Tennessee. David has been duck hunting for 12 years, five of them on public land.

David's nickname which is perfect for this website and hunting on refuges is "Rat." We love it!

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Refuge Hunts, Tips, and Perspectives

I killed my first duck, a bull gadwall, on a refuge. That morning my friends and I killed 32 ducks, 30 of them were gadwall and two were mallards.

We hunt out of blinds we make in open cornfields. It is a very interesting style of hunting; it is also very fun and effective. We hunt almost every weekend, and every time we come home with no less than ten ducks.

I am a very dedicated hunter and want to help others become better at what they do by sharing with them my experiences.

The story of the photo of the big stringer of ducks was on an early morning hunt in the Camden Bottoms on blind number 138 located in a corn and bean field. We thought there would not be much action, but we were wrong. There was a low fog and lots of birds. As the sun began to burn off the fog, things began to get good.

The shooting started around 8 a.m. that morning, and the ducks came down like rain, one after another.

We hunted hard that day, it was very cold and my friend’s gun froze, so I let him borrow mine.

Eventually we all ran out of shells and ended the hunt with 38 gadwall and one mallard drake. It was one of my favorite hunts, and the most fun because we did it on public land surrounded by competition.

That day changed my outlook. I think hunting on public land is more fun because you know you have to work for the ducks. Also, you feel a sense of success, unlike farms where the birds are penned raised and it is just a “pigeon shoot.”

Hunting on public refuges is very interesting and can be very successful. Everyone should try it.

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